Senior Frontend Engineer | Hybrid in Mansfield (3 days p/w onsite)
We are working with a leading retail organisation that is transforming the industry through digital innovation and enhanced customer experiences. Operating across multiple brands within the sports, premium, and luxury sectors, our client has a significant global presence and continues to invest heavily in modern technology platforms.
The Opportunity
This is a senior individual contributor role offering the opportunity to shape front-end architecture, influence engineering standards, and play a key role in delivering exceptional customer experiences at scale.
You will be working on a modern MACH-based digital platform (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-Native, Headless), supporting a large portfolio of websites and mobile applications. This environment is built for engineers passionate about performance, scalability, and clean, maintainable front-end architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive front-end architecture decisions including component design, state management, and application structure
- Build and deliver complex front-end solutions using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Contribute to shared design systems and front-end standards across multiple brands and teams
- Partner with Product, Design, and Content teams from discovery through to delivery
- Provide technical leadership through mentoring, code reviews, and collaborative development
- Own critical customer journeys, ensuring high standards of performance, accessibility, and usability
- Work with GraphQL and REST APIs, with exposure to Node.js services where required
- Champion best practices across code quality, testing, performance optimisation, and security
- Identify opportunities to improve developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, and delivery processes
Required Experience
- Strong commercial experience as a Senior Front-End engineer in large-scale environments
- Expert knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript
- Deep experience with React and Next.js (or similar modern frameworks)
- Proven experience mentoring engineers and supporting team growth
- Strong understanding of web performance, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle including CI/CD and automation
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally
Desirable Skills
- Experience with MACH or composable commerce architectures
- Knowledge of Core Web Vitals and front-end performance monitoring
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and Infrastructure as Code
- Exposure to distributed or event-driven systems
- A DevOps mindset and experience working in containerised environments
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at the forefront of retail technology, working on large-scale, high-impact digital platforms.
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